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Thursday, June 3, 2010

some hackers managed to port Android on the Apple iPhone. For those of you who were a little hesitant on trying it out because of all the advanced instructions; here is a simple step by step guide for you (courtesy of Android A Alot) which will enable you to dual-boot Android with iPhone OS on iPhone 2G.

The process involves 5 stages: from downloading all the required stuff, to preparation, configuring Virtual Box with Ubuntu, to getting Android on iPhone and so on. Each stage then has lots of steps which you will need to follow. The reason why the guide is long is because everything has been detailed, and broken down so that even a newbie can get it to work on ajailbrokeniPhone 2G.

Disclaimer: This guide is for testing & educational purposes only. Follow it on your own risk. We are not responsible for any loss of important data, malfunctioning or bricking of your iPhone.

And here are the instruction for installing Android on your iPhone. Note: This guide is for the original iPhone 2G (EDGE) only.

UPDATE: Video guide for all the instructions has been added at the bottom of this page.

What you’ve achieved up til now is Android files on your iPhone, and then installing openiboot so that you have an option to start iPhone OS or Android when you turn on your phone. Openiboot was necessary because that’s the only way right now that you can boot into Android. Here’s how to finish off and get into Android:

If you still have Terminal open with the oibc still running, just type ‘reboot’, press Enter and skip to step 3

If you don’t have Terminal open, disconnect your phone, turn it off and back on

When openiboot appears press Power button to switch to openiboot console (bottom option)

Once you are done with all this, you should now have dual-boot configuration with Android 1.6 and iPhone OS on your iPhone with working calling, text messaging and WiFi. Camera wont work as of now, and there probably would be a few crashes here and there.